David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones) are developing a series adaptation of the Richard Powers novel The Overstory at Netflix, Variety reported. Richard Robbins (12 Monkeys, Good Girls Revolt) wrote the pilot script and serves as executive producer. Benioff and Weiss will executive produce, alongside Hugh Jackman and Bernie Caulfield of Bighead Littlehead Production Co. Powers is set to serve as co-executive producer.
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The BBC and Hulu have set the cast for the 12-part series Conversations with Friends, based on Sally Rooney's novel, Deadline reported. Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) and Jemima Kirke (Girls) will headline the series, which also stars Sasha Lane (Utopia) and Alison Oliver.
Lenny Abrahamson (Room, Normal People) is lead director, with Alice Birch (Normal People) on board as a writer alongside Mark O'Halloran (Rialto), Meadhbh McHugh (Asking for It), and Susan Soon He Stanton (Succession). Leanne Welham (His Dark Materials) is the other director.
Production is set to begin this year in Dublin, Belfast and other locations, with the series scheduled to premiere in 2022 on Hulu in the U.S. and BBC Three/BBC One in the U.K.